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325th Anniversary Tawny from Taylor Fladgate
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2017 3:10 pm
by Glenn E.
Link.
Looks, for once, like it might even be reasonably priced! So far none that I can find in the US, but it's about $40 in Europe.
Re: 325th Anniversary Tawny from Taylor Fladgate
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2017 3:17 pm
by Bradley Bogdan
I know it'll be around $40 retail here in TX, so seems like it! The only downside is the decidedly storage unfriendly bottle shape.
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Re: 325th Anniversary Tawny from Taylor Fladgate
Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2017 4:47 pm
by Andy Velebil
Cool bottle design. Though I don't think it's meant to be stored for any significant period of time
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Re: 325th Anniversary Tawny from Taylor Fladgate
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2017 1:22 am
by Al B.
The bottle is intended to be a throwback to the bottle shapes which were in use when Taylor was founded — 325 years ago. The bottles then were not intended for storage, just to be filled from the barrel and taken to the table where they would be emptied the same evening.
The port inside the bottle is a blended wine. Having tasted it, I can tell you that it is not intended to be cellared and would not reward anyone who does! It is a soft, tasty and very gentle sweet and figgy tawny.
325th Anniversary Tawny from Taylor Fladgate
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2017 8:49 am
by Bradley Bogdan
Al B. wrote:The bottle is intended to be a throwback to the bottle shapes which were in use when Taylor was founded — 325 years ago. The bottles then were not intended for storage, just to be filled from the barrel and taken to the table where they would be emptied the same evening.
The port inside the bottle is a blended wine. Having tasted it, I can tell you that it is not intended to be cellared and would not reward anyone who does! It is a soft, tasty and very gentle sweet and figgy tawny.
Did you find it a reasonable value? Going off the website text, while they may have a small proportion of very old juice in there somewhere, I'd guess it is predominately 10 or less y/o juice based on the price.
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Re: 325th Anniversary Tawny from Taylor Fladgate
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2017 11:29 pm
by Al B.
In my opinion it's not a port to buy if you're looking for value for money but it is a port to try once and it's a great bottle to have in your empties collection. It is a great throwback shape.
Re: 325th Anniversary Tawny from Taylor Fladgate
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2017 9:25 am
by Andy Velebil
I believe Decanter gave it 94 Points. Curious to hear what you all think of it when you get to try it. If it's that good for $40, back up the truck on that purchase.
Re: 325th Anniversary Tawny from Taylor Fladgate
Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 1:01 pm
by Al B.
Andy Velebil wrote:I believe Decanter gave it 94 Points. Curious to hear what you all think of it when you get to try it. If it's that good for $40, back up the truck on that purchase.
I believe they did. I was very surprised.
Re: 325th Anniversary Tawny from Taylor Fladgate
Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2017 2:20 am
by Thomas V
The Danish port marked is being flooded with this particular bottle at the moment, and it seem that most people are biting.
That "limited" verbage, always seem to get people scrambling for their wallets.